And I bust them all the time...

After the carousel, the slides and swings, tree-house conspiracies, a picnic, ice cream and Pixi Stix, a full day and full bellies, Emma performed this paean to la dolce vita...http://billfisher.dreamhost.com/bustmybuttons.htm

Penn says...

"I just finished reading this book..."

Dia De Los Muertos Individuales

Wonderful project by Maya Escobar ( who participated in Cyberfeast I )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnIppzPhak

Dear Chocolate, Thank You - An interactive food experience

Just recently I was invited by the Sophia Institute in Charelston, SC to participate in an exhibition of women artists. I was excited by the opportunity because I really wanted to do an interactive exhibition piece that explores our emotional connection to food. Dear Chocolate, Thank you is a collaborative work that documents and discusses our individual and collective connection to this sweet treat.

Exhibition goers were invited to take a chocolate bar throughout the run of the exhibition. In exchange takers were asked to write thank you letters to chocolate. The letters were written on labels I designed, and then left behind. There are some incredible responses!

Jonell Pulliam

Welcome Hui Ling Lee

Welcome to our newest participant, the artist Hui Ling Lee. Visit her website,

http://www.huilinglee.com/home.html

and blog:

http://huilinglee.blogspot.com/

Såbor y Memoriå

"The deepest, most distant memories can be triggered by an aroma, an instant reminder of home. From appetizer through dessert, Sabor y Memoria combines and contrasts Latin musical genres old and new in much the same way that flavors are blended in the cuisine of a new land. "

http://www.solycanto.com/sabor.html

I heard them interviewed on NPR the other day. They play great music!

It spoke to what Io and I were exploring in the visual arts with Serve & Project last year in Pittsburgh, inviting teenagers to interview older people in the community about the intersection of food/culture/memories. It is something we are looking to continue with this blog.

Is there someone, an older person, you would like to interview about their memories of food/recipe stories/family dynamics/culture?

domesticated

Richard Wrangham’s book "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human," and (Wired mag's) Kevin Kelly's ideas discuss how we, as humans, “physically changed ourselves through agriculture, through cooking…we’re both masters of technology and also the children of technology.” The first domesticated animal, us, was self-domesticated through breakthroughs in the technology of cooking, controlling fire, the curing process and so on. Changes to our bodies, our teeth, our social structures, mating habits, everything that set the stage for me sitting in front of this laptop with an organic Poptart knock-off in a small town in central Georgia, drinking an African bean coffee and adjusting my Philippines' sweatshop Levis (coffee, PopSmarts and jeans bought from an international retail chain store) and considering the meaning, purpose and implications of unmanned drone bomb drops, Tom Tancredo, Cristine O'Donnell, Sharon Angle, F. Goya, Raymond Pettibon and http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr//atelier/grand/sq03-12.htm

The Last Piece of Cake in the Office Kitchen

It looked so lonely, in the little kitchen area of the office. Those last pieces of cake always linger. People come in and out, alone, behind closed doors with the last slice, do they dare eat it? Will they leave the empty pan?

Does anyone else document food in their workplace? If so, I would love to see some photos! Thank you to Peter Tattlebaum in the neighboring cubicle for photographing the cake!

Lisa, October, 2010

The biggest benefit of working on a project like Serve & Project is meeting interesting people from all over the world. Last week Lisa and I Skyped with Erik Benjamin, the Cyber Feaster who interpreted the dessert delight Hamantaschen. Lisa and I were impressed not only with what Erik brought to the Cyber Feast project but his compelling and thoughtful creative work. Visit Erik's website here.

Food for Thought and Brilliant !

So interested in this piece by artist Raul Ortega Ayala, Living Remains.
Check out these brilliant works shown at the Stroom Den Haag ; the Hague.

The (Second Best) Hamantaschen in the World

I have successfully completed phase 2 of my online search for the best, and second best hamantaschen in the world. Here are some pictures of how they turned out. Napkin evaluation to come!

Life as a Dinner

Last evening, Lisa and I "dined" with our second guest, Cal, from San Francisco, CA. While we all met, I began thinking about the parallels that exist between life and dining. Each person at the table references family and friends met throughout our lives. And the experiences learned can act as fuel to cultivate positive human exchange.

Thank you Cyber Feasters !

Our first Skype meeting !

Last sunday, at 7 est, Lisa and I conducted our first Skype meeting for Cyber Feast II with participant Jonell Pulliam. We talked, laughed and began a dialogue with a new friend.
Thank you.

The Best Hamantaschen in the World

Hello All,

I wanted to share with you the first part of my submission for CyberFeast II. I consider this the first part of a two part project, which uses a rationale grounded in absurdity to explore the internet's present day role as cooking aide/recipe database.

Using the Hamantaschen as a starting point, I queried google to find "the best hamantaschen in the world". The posted napkin image documents my amateurish, dry and formulaic rationale utilized to validate the best and second best recipes.

Part II will conclude in my attempts at cooking, tasting, and rating the second best hamantaschen in the world.

Thanks all - so happy to be a part of this.
Erik

Cal's Video

"I was inspired by the cooking show style of the piece from Cyberfeast 1, and utilized found videos of Cong You Bing coupled with my own culinary creations and instructions to create my own "how-to" guide to making Chinese style pancakes. The piece uses both the sterility of the instructions coupled with playful food "animation" to create a comical and thorough review of this food item."

--Calcagno Cullen